NightOwl

I dissagree. You should use the technique as quickly and fluently without pulling back. If size and strength become an issue, I think you're not good enough at the technique. I don't agree. I have a brother who outweighs me by 2 times. I have tried to grab his arm, and apply a wrist lock. It doesn't happen. It has nothing to do with my skill level. I am not saying that it wouldn't work if applied in the proper scenario, but you have to have a good scenario. Personally, I prefer distraction techniques, or what I would rather call "diminishing" techniques, to soften up the opponent prior to applying a wrist or other manipulation technique. Exactly. You won't be able to get it against a resisting opponent with out utilizing footwork, timing, etc. It is nothing like the one step drills that they are usually practiced in where you can drop anybody no matter what size. As for the Chinese experimenting with it during WWII I am going to call a no go on that one. The Chinese army was hardly organized- they were very much a 3rd world country divided between the nationalists, communists, and warlords. At the same time, the Japanese were completely destroying them. devoting time to large scale studies on unarmed combat when all of your enemies are packing rifles and your government is in shambles doesn't make sense.

I can tell you that this story is fake. There were no black belts during Kano's youth when he trained at the jujitsu schools. He invented it later to distinguish beginner and advanced students after he founded judo.

Stances aren't meant to be held forever- the horse stance is good for leg training but in my opinion is horrible for mobility and not that great for takedown defense besides a guy just running into you. It does give you a root for power I guess though.

While I am not particular familiar with Isshinryu, your information given does not match up with any karate that I know of. Besides, earning a black belt means nothing. I can become a black belt in one day and say I got to black belt faster than anyone else, but that doesn't make me a good fighter. Claims of being able to reach 1st dan in such a short time smack of Mcdojo to me

You are mixing up your terms. Randori is sparring- not prearranged or anything. And yes, I do train judo in Japan.

A shin into a knee during TKD busting it up pretty bad and didn't get better for a couple of months. Also have had some bad muscle injuries, but nothing along the lines of broken noses or something like that. I guess I need to train more

My girlfriend is Korean and as such I've made a lot of Korean friends. Nationalism is pretty strong (outside of my GF who could care less ) and they seem to be wanting to make up for being stuck between China and Japan at times. I don't know too much about Korean history, but I've heard that the culture of martial arts had been out of favor for a long time with the changing of rulers.

Or maybe if they don't think that you'd do something crazy enough to try and take it away

Kumdo: Korean kendo

as long as you know how to fall you should be fine.

Chokes are taught as part of military training, however they purposefully don't use air chokes against the windpipe, but instead train in blood chokes only. An air choke against the wind pipe can take a very long time to actually work, however blood chokes are quite fast. It only takes around 10 seconds for most to work, and once it does your opponent is totally helpless. One on one they are a great tool.

Hwarangdo (sp?) Hapkido (TKD and daito ryu origins) Taekwondo and pretty much all of the others are mostly based off of non-Korean MAs. However due to politics, the Korean aspects are often played up. I believe that there is another MMA like MA in Korea but the name escapes me at the moment and it is rare even in its home country.

any disarm is quite dangerous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ua_XCOAgE0 (he says 'ouch' at the end of the vid by the way)

That is an interesting site. I had never heard of it before, but I am not surprised to see it. It makes me think of the kind of stuff that the ARMA are doing, only the ARMA doesn't claim the modern, eclectic approach. It appears that this Viking system incorporates the old world weaponry, but I didn't notice anything on new world weaponry. Actually it is a parody site

Judo does quite well in MMA, but it takes a bit before you can get used to it. A lot of fighters aren't comfortable with their throws so they just go for take downs, but those who have put the time in usually get a benefit from them.

sure . Maybe he just want to grapple.... I dont know where is his striking level... People today ( including me) is prone to think MMA and grappling , always united. But they are not glued... Yeah maybe, but he definitely is an mma enthusiast. It'd be cool to get to train with him sometime. Does anyone know if he does striking at all?

When I get to train...100% grappling and 0% striking. I might be a bit unbalanced in my life.

It's one of the more open aikido styles that are more likely to do resistance training. Check it out and let us know how it goes. It can't hurt to look Do they have a site?

You are officially my hero. Mind, my heroes include 456 people but you are somewhere around 'Gary Philmore' according to my list.

Would you take tennis lessons from someone if you only got reasonable at tennis in 10 years? I think not. Likewise if you can't learn to use your techniques within a decade then why bother. Of course MASTERY is different however....

Oregon is the land of TKD schools- they outnumber Starbucks here . That and what I know from my Korean friends.

The pound for pound site didn't mention anything (that I could find) about grappling but it did have what seemed to be an excellent boxer for a coach. Are you doing boxing as well? If you are interested in viking fighting:http://www.vikingfighting.com/

John Sullivan cares... (ok, I'm done with the Sullivan remarks). Those guys are tough for sure, but not really on par with most pro mma fighters today.

Honestly I was nervous about fighting and sparring before taking up an mma class. By being forced to fight and actively train, my body got used to it and my nerves no longer get worked up- in fact my training has helped me stay cool in various situations. Last year before Christmas I was harassed by a group of drunks who kept on following me through an empty street at around 12:30 at night. I mentally was prepared to fight if need be and I was looking at angles for attack. However I kept a sense of humor and ended up with all of the guys saying drunkenly how cool I was by the end of things. Nevertheless I am not intimidated anymore by potential or real threats from people- I am ready to fight. However as with that situation, I always keep my options open...1 against 7 is not good odds.

I don't know if you would need a martial arts specific school. Check out consumer reports online and see how the various companies sound